Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-20

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TO morroW night shall the jucl.uis laugh
as they crunch your ribs"
When the Lygonani had gone. one Of us
thought OF opening the basket he had brought
as proof that FIoSse was really their pris-
oner. On lifting the lid, it was found TO
contain a most lovely specimen Of both bulb
and flower of the Goya lily, which have
already described, in full bloom and quite
uniniured and what was more. note in
Flossie's childish hand, written in pencil upon
a greasy piece of paper that had been used TO
wrap up some food in.
Dearest Father and Mother" ran the note
''The Nasal caught us when were coming
home with the lily. | tried TO escape, but could
| not They killed Tom; the other man away.
! They have not hurt nurse and me, hut say that
they mean TO exchange against Of Mr..
Quatermain's party. will have nothing Of the
| sort Do not l~t anybody give his life for me.
Try and attack them at night they are going to
feast on three bullocks they have stolen and
killed. l have my pistol, and If no halp comes
by dawn will shoot myself. They shall not kill
me II so, remember me always, dearest father
and mother l am very frightened but trust in
God l dare not write any more, as they are be
| ginning to notice. Gcodhy. FLossIE."
Scrawled across the outside of this was,
ILove to Mr.. Qautermain. They are going
10 take up the basket, SO he will get the lily"
When l read these words, written by that
brave little girl in an hour of danger suffi-
ciently near and horrible to have turned the
brain of q strong man, own / wept. and
,nce more in my heart l vowed that she
should not die while my life could be given to
| save her.
Then eagerly, quickly, almost fiercely, we
Tell TO discussing the situation. Again l said
that would 60 and again Mackenzie mega
tived it, and Curtis and Good, like the true
men that they are, vowed that, if did, they
would go with Inc. and die back to back with
me.
| 1T is" said at last, absolutely necessary
hat All effort of some sort should be made
before the morning"
| Then let Us attack them with what force
We can muster, and take our chance" said
Sir Henry.
"Ay ay." growled Umslopogaas, in Zulu;
spoken like man. lncubu. What is there
10 be afraid off Two hundred and fifty
Nasal, forsooth! How many nre wei The
chief there" Mr. Mackeuziel has twenty
nen, snd thou, Macumazahn, hast five men,
and there are also five white men-that is,
thirty men in all-enough, enough. Listen
low. Macumazahn, thou who art very clever
md old in war. What says the maid! These
| hen eat and make merry; let it be their fu-
neral feast What said the dog whom hope
| 20 hew down at daybreaki That he feared
10 attack because we were so few knowest
| .hou the old kraal where the men have
.amped! saw it this morning; it is thus"
ma he crew an oval on tue noor' here Is the
Dig entrance hiied up Win thorn pusheS' ana
opening on 10 steep rise. "hy, ihcnbu,
.hou ana Win axes VIII hoid II against ah
hundred men surviving 10 break out! LOOK,
now, thus shall the pattle go just as tne
hight begins to CLINT upon the oSens horns
not before, or IL Will lie 100 DARK, ahd not
later or they Will lie awakening ana perceive
as-iet Bou."an creep round WIN ten men
10 the top end OF the kiaal, where the narrow
entrance Is Let them silently say the sentry
there, 50 that he makes no sound, and stand
ready linen, lhcuou' let thee ana me ana
one OF the askarl-the one with the broad
,hest-he Is n brave man-creep TO the wide
entrance that Is h!ied with thorn bushes, and
there also siay the sentry, and armed with
battle axes, tnKe our STAND also one on each
nde OF the pathway, and one a lew PAGES be-
yond, to deal with such as pass the twain at
the gate. 1t Is there that the rush Will come.
That VIII leave sixteen men. Let these men
be divided Into TWO parties with one OF
which shalt thou Sc, Macumazahn, and with
| one the praying man tMr. Mackenzie),
-and, all armed with rifles, let them make
their way one to the right side OF the kraai
and one to the left; and when thou, Macuma-
Eahn, lowest like an OK, all shall open fire
with the guns upon the sleeping men, being
very careful not to Int tho ittIc maid Then
shall boug"an at the lar END anu his ten men
raise their war cry, and, sprlnsing over the
wall, put the Nasal there to the sword. And It
shall happen that, being yet heavy with food
and sleep, and bewlldered by the firing OF the